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I have my share of Brother label makers, a PT-80 which is relatively old, and a PT-1010. Both have more complaints about wasted tape on the front end of the label, but Brother fails to address and rectify this problem. Considering how expensive the tape is, users would appreciate this problem taken care of! But it never is. Regardless, this is a nice labeller. You best keep the instruction pamphlet close by, because if you ever want to use one of the decorative options, you'll need this as a reference to get an easier/better visual on what you'd get to print out. Naturally you don't want to waste tape by printing and hating it. I did glance through the instruction pamphlet to get the gist of what's going on with this, but after playing with it a few times and printing a few test labels, I easily got the hang of it. But still needed/preferred the pamphlet to choose my frame designs. This label maker really is really necessary if you want to print cutesy labels, for packages, for jars, for plant sales, but for the basic font only labels, this one really isn't necessary. I like to give extra plants away to friends and family and a cute printed labels is really a nice touch. Anyone from Brother reading this review: PLEASE address the waste at the beginning of the label, on your future label makers! And, you can adjust the wasted length at the end of the label (hit LABEL button, select MARGIN, select NARROW, although selecting NARROW gives you the false observation that the beginning of the tape margin will also disappear; it does not).